As good as Sampson was this year, I think our record is probably still 10-2 without him. The defense carried the team this year. We lose 5 or maybe even 6 games this year with an average defense.
I'm not sure we've had a season in a long time where no individual player stands out. There probably isn't a more dynamic player in the SEC right this second than LaNorris Sellers, but the last 5 games don't make a season. Ryan Williams had kind of under-the-radar had less of a season than you might think. If it wasn't for the UGA performance, I honestly don't think all that many people would be talking about him. 37% of his receiving yards came in 2 games (Western Kentucky and UGA). He didn't do much of anything at all the last 5 games of the season.
I'd probably give it to Dart. He didn't have a year that leaps off the page, but he was the most efficient QB in the conference and didn't turn it over much. Sampson is right there too.
Now that I look at the stats, it is astonishing how much Jalen Milroe regressed this year. He really only played well in 3 games (Wisconsin, UGA, LSU) and was somewhere between OK and terrible in all the others. I thought he had a particularly bad game against us.
